Vehicle-wheel.



PATENTED AUG. 9, 1904.

S. E. SWANSON. VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 17, 1904.

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@ QFD y UNITED STATES Patented August 9, 1904.

SWAN F. SVVANSON, OF PUEBLO, COLORADO.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,254, dated August9, 1904. Application filed March 17, 1904. Serial N0. 198,635. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SWAN F. SwANsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pueblo, in the county of Pueblo and State of Colorado, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Veliicle-lVheels; and Ido declare the following' to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in vehicle-wheels, and its objectis to provide an improved construction of hub and mode of fastening' thespokes thereto.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is atransverse section of the wheel; and Fig. 2 is a similarview through the hub, on an enlarged scale.

Referring to the drawings, l'represents the hub of the wheel; 2, thefelly thereof; 3, the tire, which may be of any preferred kind, and 4the spokes. The invention resides in the construction of the hub andmode of application thereto of the spokes.

The hub comprises a tubular body 5, provided at one end with the usualsand cup or guard 6 to receive the shoulder at the inner end of theaxle-spindle and formed with eX- terior screw-threads 7 at its oppositeend.

Surrounding the tube 5 at its inner end are rings or washers 8 and 9,forming spokeflanges, the outer ring or washer 8 resting against theshoulder 6 and the ring 9 being held in spaced relation thereto by asuitable intervening spacing ring or washer 10. In the ring 9 are formedopenings 11, which receive the ends of the butts of the spokes 4, thebutt portions of the spokes entering between said rings and thence beingbent inwardly, as shown at 4', and passed through the openings 1l andheaded or riveted, as

. shown at 4, on the inner side of the ring or flange 9. The two ringsor flanges 8 and 9 are connected between the spokes by bolts or rivets12, whereby the butts of the spokes are securely clamped between them.At the opposite end of the tube are washers or spokelanges 8 and 9',which are similar in construction to said flanges 8 and 9, and thespokes thereof are connected thereto in a similar way, Vthese flangesbeing connected by the bolts or rivets 12. In order to hold the outerflange 8 from disconnection, a nut 13 is screwed upon the threadedportion 7 of the body-tube 5, and the outer portion of this nut ischambered to form a guard 14 to receive and inclose the cap-nut appliedto the end of the axle-spindle. The flanges 9 and 9 are held fromrotation or twisting on the tube 5 by keys 15, and the two sets of angesare held in proper relation by an interposed spacingsleeve 16, whichsleeve is clamped between them and forms the outer surface of the hub 1.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction, mode of operation, andadvantages of the invention will be readily understood, and it will beseen that the construction shown enables the parts of the axle to bereadily assembled and disassembled and at the same time enables thewheel to be quickly and cheaply made.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

A vehicle-wheel having' a hub comprising a body-tube having a shoulderat one end and threaded at its opposite end, pairs of washers upon saidtube, the outer washers of the pairs being keyed to the body-tube andthe inner washers of the pairs having spoke-openings, said washersforming spoke-flanges, spokes having their butts entering between saidwashers and bent and passed through said openings in the inner washersand headed, fastenings connecting each pair of washers between thespokes, a nut upon the threaded end of the tube and abutting against theadjacent outer washer, and a spacing-sleeve between the pairs of washersholding the same in spaced relation and in engagement with saidshoulders and nut, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

SWAN' E. swANsoN.

Vit-nesses:

S. E. ELLMAKER, R. A. ORossMAN.

